Irish passport

Ireallyhaventaclue

My husband's UK passport expires later this year and he's entitled to an Irish passport because both his parents were Irish. However we're struggling to get any info for acquiring his mum's birth certificate and his dad left Ireland many, many years ago and joined the British Army. Somehow he joined the army with the birth spelling of his name but left with a misspelling by way of the British Army. This means that he married under this new spelling and had children (my husband being one of them). Therefore my husband's surname doesn't match his father's surname at birth, making it difficult to get a passport through his paternal side. So does anyone out there have any ideas of where to go from here?

Flugelhorn

what is the problem with getting his mum's cert?

flaneurs_lobster

If the misspelling is just that, a letter difference so Smith/Smyth I can't see that it would necessary stop the process. If The Army managed to change Smith to Jones then that's a problem. Other names and DoB would still match.

Plus you only need the birth cert of one Irish-born parent (I think).

WYSPECIAL

They will accept the change of name if it can be proved the new name is routinely used (assuming your husband uses the new spelling.)
If either parent was born in Ireland then you husband is automatically an Irish citizen so only on birth certificate will be needed.
What is the issue with getting a copy of his mother's birth certificate?
If you have children you should consider  registering their births using the FBR process so they have Irish citizenship, and therefore unrestricted movement in the EU. They can then also pass on Irish citizenship to their own children and keep the chain going.